Correspondent

PASIGHAT, Oct 10: A fifteen-member team of the ‘Ignited Minds Group’ visited Seram village under Mebo Sub-Division here in East Siang district on Monday last to carry out some philanthropic activities.  
The visiting team representing the group that actually comprises one hundred thirty-six students and a teacher from Jawaharlal Nehru College, Pasighat reached forty houses with equal number of blankets donated by Dr. T. Payum, a teacher of the college and other items donated by the students. For the team, it was a great opportunity for learning the real-life situations and understanding natural disaster like flood and its effect on human population.
Seram, which is located on the banks of the mighty Siang happens to be one of the most beautiful villages of the district and is bestowed with fertile land in abundance. There is no dearth of natural beauty too and its proximity to the Daying Ering Memorial Wild Life Sanctuary makes it a place of interest. But ironically, wrath of nature which come in the form of frequent flooding by Siang and other streams keep these people under constant fear with struggle for survival an all-round process. Many a time, villagers have to relocate due to loss of land in acres and this fear was very much visible on their faces. During interaction with Village Gaon Bura, villagers and Village Secretary, the team learned that in spite of the hardships, these courageous and hard-working people supply most of the fresh, organic vegetables, musa spadix (Paksum in Adi), chilly, rice, dry fish, etc. to the Pasighat market. The team expressed gratitude to these broad-minded people who accepted their tokens of love in the form of pens, erasers, pencils, general knowledge books, dictionaries, clothes and blankets with warmth. 
aThe team also expressed thankfulness to T. Lego of the village who managed the field visit and to the kind-hearted village women for arranging delicious food and showing hospitality.

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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